UEFA European Under-19 Championship

The UEFA European Under-19 Championship, or simply UEFA Under-19 Championship or the UEFA Euro U-19, is an yearly football competition, challenged by the European men's under-19 national teams of the member associations of UEFA.

Spain and England are the most successful team in this competition, having won eleven titles each. England are also the current champions.

History and format  
The competition has been held since 1948. It was originally called the FIFA International Youth Tournament, until it was taken over by UEFA in 1956. In 1980, it was restyled the UEFA European Under-18 Championship. Until the 1997 tournament, players born on or after 1 August the year they turned 19 years were eligible to compete. Since the 1998 tournament, the date limit has been moved back to 1 January. The championship received its current name in 2001, which has been used since the 2002 championship. The contest has been held every year since its founding in 1948, except for the period between 1984 and 1992, when it was only held every other year.

The tournament has been played in a number of different formats during its existence. Currently it has two stages, similar to UEFA's other European championship competitions. The qualifying stage is open to all UEFA members, and the final stage is battled between eight teams.

During even years, the best finishing teams qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup held in the next (odd) year. Currently, five teams can qualify for the World Cup, having the top two of their groups plus the winner of a play-off match between the third-placed teams of each group.

Number of teams
 Year of tournament  Format of the final round  Number of teams 1986–1992  Knockout format  8 1993  Two groups of four teams, third place play-off and final 1994  Two groups of four teams, fifth place play-off, third place play-off and final 1995–2002  Two groups of four teams, third place play-off and final 2003–2015  Two groups of four teams, semi-finals and final 2016–present  Two groups of four teams, fifth place play-off (in even years only, for qualifying to FIFA U-20 World Cup), semi-finals and final

Results

FIFA Youth Tournament (1948–1954)
YearHostFinalThird place matchWinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place1948details3–23–11949details4–15–01950details3–26–01951details3–21–01952details0–0goal average5–5coin toss1953details2–03–21954details2–2Spain won ongoal average1–0

UEFA Youth Tournament (1955–1980)
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|1957Details
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|3–2
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|0–0
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Italy
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|1958Details
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|1–0
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|3–0
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|1–0
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|6–1
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|2–1
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|2–1
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|4–0
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|2–1
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|4–1
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|1–1Czechoslovakia won oncoin toss
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|1963Details
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|4–0
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|4–2
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|4–0
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|3–2
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|3–2
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|4–1
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|0–0
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|2–0
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|1967Details
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|1–0
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|1–1Turkey won oncoin toss|
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|4–2|
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||1–1Bulgaria won oncoin toss
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|1–0|
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|2–0|
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|1–1|
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|1–0|
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|1–0|
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|7–2|
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|3–1|
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|3–0|
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 UEFA European Under-18 Championship (1981–2001) 
1981Details1–01–11982Details3–13–11983Details1–01–11984Details0–02–11986Details3–11–01988Details3–12–01990Details0–01–01992Details2–11–11993Details1–02–11994Details1–15–21995Details4–15–01996Details1–03–21997Details1–02–11998Details1–10–01999Details1–01–02000Details1–03–12001Details3–16–2

 UEFA European Under-19 Championship (since 2002) 
2002Details1–02003Details2–02004Details1–02005Details3–12006Details2–12007Details1–02008Details3–12009Details2–02010Details2–12011Details3–22012Details1–02013Details1–02014Details1–02015Details2–02016Details4–02017Details2–12018Details4–32019Details2–02022Details3–12023Details2024Details2025Details2026Details

Statistics
Performances by countries
UEFA European Youth ChampionshipTeamTitlesRunners-upThird place 	Fourth placeSemi-finalistsTotal (Top Four)11 (1948, 1963, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1980, 1993, 2017, 2022)5 (1958, 1965, 1967, 2005, 2009)3332511 (1952, 1954, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019)4 (1957, 1964, 1996, 2010)661288 (1949, 1983, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2016)3 (1950, 1968, 2013)347256 (1965, 1970, 1981, 1986, 2008, 2014)7 (1954, 1969, 1972, 1973, 1994, 1998, 2002)522226 (1966*, 1967, 1976, 1978, 1988, 1990)2 (1984, 2015)31124 (1961, 1994, 1999, 2018)9 (1971, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1997, 2003, 2014, 2017, 2019)322203 (1958, 1966*, 2003)7 (1959, 1986, 1995, 1999, 2008, 2016, 2018)33117 3 (1951, 1979, 2013)4 (1953, 1962, 1974, 1978)114133 (1959, 1969, 1974)2 (1977, 1979)383 (1953, 1960, 1984)1 (1976)2172 (1950, 1957)1 (1951)11381 (1968)4 (1982, 1983, 2001, 2011)214121 (2001)3 (1961, 1980, 1981)3181 (1992)2 (1993, 2004)2381 (1982)1 (2006)3491 (1977)1 (1952)3161 (1962)1 (1960)131 (2009)1 (2000)241 (1998)13273 (1948, 1949, 1970)13182 (2007, 2012)12161 (1963)231 (1975)11 (2022)111211111111 Total (68th) 6866494836267
Note: 
1954 Third place .  1966 Title Shared between  and .  1957 Third place Shared between  and .

Awards

Golden Player Award
For certain tournaments, the official website UEFA.com subsequently named a Golden Player. 

European ChampionshipGolden Player2002 Norway Fernando Torres2003 Liechtenstein Alberto Aquilani2004 Switzerland Juanfran2005 Northern Ireland Abdoulaye Baldé2006 Poland Alberto Bueno2007 Austria Sotiris Ninis2008 Czech Republic1 Lars Bender Sven Bender2009 Ukraine Kyrylo Petrov2010 France Gaël Kakuta2011 Romania Álex Fernández2012 Estonia Gerard Deulofeu2013 Lithuania Aleksandar Mitrović2014 Hungary Davie Selke2015 Greece Marco Asensio2016 Germany Jean-Kévin Augustin2017 Georgia Mason Mount

1Honour shared.

Top goalscorer
The Top goalscorer award is awarded to the player who scores the most goals during the tournament. 

European ChampionshipTop goalscorerGoals2002 Norway Fernando Torres42003 Liechtenstein Paulo Sérgio52004 Switzerland Ali Öztürk Łukasz Piszczek42005 Northern Ireland Borko Veselinović52006 Poland Alberto Bueno İlhan Parlak52007 Austria Änis Ben-Hatira Kostantinos Mitroglou Kévin Monnet-Paquet32008 Czech Republic Tomáš Necid42009 Ukraine Nathan Delfouneso42010 France Dani Pacheco42011 Romania Álvaro Morata62012 Estonia Jesé52013 Lithuania Gratas Sirgedas Anass Achahbar Alexandre Guedes32014 Hungary Davie Selke62015 Greece Borja Mayoral32016 Germany Jean-Kévin Augustin62017 Georgia Ben Brereton Ryan Sessegnon Joël Piroe Viktor Gyökeres32018 Finland Jota Francisco Trincão52019 Armenia Gonçalo Ramos42022 Slovakia Loum Tchaouna4

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances
Legend
1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth placeQF – QuarterfinalsR2 – Round 2R1' – Round 1
     – Hosts
     – Not affiliated to UEFA
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

 Team  1977  1979  1981  1983  1985  1987  1989  1991  1993  1995  1997  1999  2001  2003  2005  2007  2009  2011  2013  2015  2017  2019  2023   Total    R1    R1              4th   R1    R2     5             R2                  1       QF  QF                       2   Part of Yugoslavia     R2         R1  R2      3 Czechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic in 1993 after the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. FIFA considers the Czech Republic as successor team of Czechoslovakia.    R1    R1        QF  R1  2nd  R2         6       3rd  R1   Reunified with West Germany  2    4th   R1    R1 3rd   R2  R1   R1    R1  R2  R1  1st   q  12                R1              1   R1           QF    QF      4th 1st   R2  R2  q  8 FIFA attributes all the results of West Germany (1977-1991) to Germany.   1st   2nd    R1  R1   R1  R2  R1  QF   QF     QF  R2    11                        R2      1   R1  R1    R1       R1         3rd     R2     6                             q  1   R1   R1    QF           QF   QF     3rd 4th  q  8      QF    R1       QF   QF           4         R1   R1                  R1   3   4th  R1 3rd              R2      R2  5    QF     1st 1st  R1 3rd   R2       R2  2nd  R2  QF  QF  R1   12       R1    R1   3rd  R2    R2           5    3rd                          1 The USSR was dissolved in 1991. The 15 nations that were former Soviet Republics now compete separately. FIFA considers Russia as the successor team of the USSR.1st 2nd   R1 4th   QF 3rd  QF  QF                8      QF   QF             R1          3 The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia broke up in 1991 all the nations that formed this country now compete separately. FIFA considers Serbia as the successor team of Yugoslavia.   R1    1st                  1st     3   Part of Czechoslovakia        R2            q  2   R1  QF  R1  2nd   R1  QF  4th  QF 1st   2nd  QF  QF  R2  QF  QF      15          R1                     1                   R1            1           R1         R2      R2      3   Part of Soviet Union      R2   R2       R2  1st    3

Related pages
UEFA European Championship
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
UEFA European Under-17 Championship

References

Other websites

 UEFA European U-19 Championship at uefa.com''
 Tournament details at rsssf.com


Category:1948 establishments in Europe